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APSO 11th Webinar - Augmentation of cerebral blood flow for acute ischaemic stroke
2024-02-21 18:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | online
On behalf of the Asia Pacific Stroke Organization, you are cordially invited to join the APSO 11th Webinar.

Theme: Augmentation of cerebral blood flow for acute ischaemic stroke

Date: 21 Feb 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:30pm – 7:20pm (GMT+8)

Moderators:

Prof Nijasri Suwanwela (President-Elect of APSO)Prof Amarbayasgalan Ravdan (Mongolia Stroke Association)

Speakers:

Avoiding hypotension – Johnny Lokin, Philippines – Avoiding hypotensionLawrence Wong, Hong Kong SAR – External counterpulsationDheeraj Khurana, India – Ganglion stimulation

Format: Virtual Meeting

For online registration, please click here or scan the QR code

Click here for the programme

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For further information, please contact the Secretariat at apsosec@gmail.com, or visit the Asia Pacific Society Organization website at https://www.theapso.com/

2024 1st Quarterly Scientific Meeting
2024-04-06 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Lecture Theatre, G/F, M Block, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Theme: Modern Stroke Care: From Pre-hospital to Peri-operative Management

Date: 6th April 2024 (Saturday)

Time: 14:00-17:00

Venue: Lecture Theatre, G/F, M Block, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Topics and Speakers:

Primary Diversion of Acute Ischemic Stroke, Are We Ready Yet? Dr SH Ma, PWH

CODE ICH. Prof KC Teo, QMH

Peri-operative Anesthetic and Hemodynamic Management of Stroke Thrombectomy. Dr Chung CK Eric, QMH

Chairpersons: Dr Fred Tsang, HKSH & Dr Samuel Lam, PYNEH

For programme details, please refer to the attached poster.

Format: Physical meeting (Free registration)

HKSS 1st QSM 6th April 2024 poster

HKSS Dinner Symposium - Challenges and Novel Treatments for DOAC-Associated ICH
2024-05-24 19:30 - 22:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, TST, HK
Theme: Challenges and Novel Treatments for DOAC-Associated IC
Date: 24 May 2024 (Friday)
Time: 7:30pm – 09:50pm (GMT+8)
Format: Physical Meeting

APSO 12th Webinar - Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
2024-05-29 18:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | online
On behalf of the Asia Pacific Stroke Organization, you are cordially invited to join the APSO 12th Webinar.

Theme: Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

Date: 29 May 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:30pm – 7:20pm (GMT+8)

Moderators:

Prof Anna Ranta (The Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation, APSOCouncillor)Prof Terry Hirano (Japan Stroke Society, CME Chair ofAPSO)

Speakers:

Welcome Message – Dr NV Ramani, President of APSO Impact of atrial fibrillation on Stroke in the Asia-Oceania region – Dr Hoo Fan Kee, Malaysia Atrial cardiopathy and covert atrial fibrillation – Prof Yuji Ueno, Japan Left atrial appendage occlusion – Dr Ivandito Kuntjoro, Singapore

Format: Virtual Meeting

Click here for the programme and registration

For further information, please contact the Secretariat at apsosec@gmail.com, or visit the Asia Pacific Society Organization website at https://www.theapso.com

2024 2nd Quarterly Scientific Meeting
2024-06-15 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Room 3, G/F, Block M, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Theme: Neurosonology – from basic principles to common abnormalities

Date: 15th June 2024 (Saturday)

Time: 14:00-17:00

Venue: Room 3, G/F, Block M, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

First Scientific session (moderator: Dr Richard Li)

Transcranial sonography (TCCS & TCD). Dr Moamina Ismail, Neurologist, QEH

Ultrasound Carotid & Vertebral arteries. Dr John YH Mak. Radiologist, QMH

Second Scientific session – Hands-on session on Neurosonology (moderator: Dr Quentin SH Li)

Teachers: Dr Moamina Ismail, Dr John YH Mak, Mr Edward Shum

For programme details, please refer to the attached poster.

Format: Physical meeting

Online Registration link: https://forms.gle/6mKaKXnNNfTKGJJWA (Free registration)

APSO 13th Webinar - Challenging ischemic core salavage
2024-08-21 18:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | online
On behalf of the Asia Pacific Stroke Organization, you are cordially invited to join the APSO 13th Webinar.

Theme: Challenging Ischemic Core Salvage

Date: 21 August 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm (GMT+8)

Moderators:

Prof WC Fong (Secretary General, APSO) Prof Epifania Collantes (Stroke Society of Philippines, Councillor of APSO)

Speakers:

Welcome Message – Dr NV Ramani, President of APSO Large ischemic core stroke trials – Prof Liping Liu (China) Therapeutic targets to prevent neuronal death – Prof Nobutaka Horie (Japan)

Format: Virtual Meeting

Click here for the registration

For further information, please contact the Secretariat at apsosec@gmail.com, or visit the Asia Pacific Society Organization website at https://www.theapso.com

HKSS Dinner Symposium - Perfusion Imaging Guidance Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy
2024-08-23 19:00 - 22:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Hennessy Room, Level 7, Conrad Hotel, Admiralty Hong Kong
Theme: Perfusion Imaging Guidance Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy

Date: 23 August 2024 (Friday)

Time: 7:00pm – 10:30pm (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Dr Quentin Siu-hung Li (President of Hong Kong Stroke Society)

Speaker:

Prof Henry Ma

Format: Physical Meeting

2024 3rd Quarterly Scientific Meeting
2024-09-14 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | A/G Lecture room, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Theme: Advances in Hyperacute Stroke Nursing
Date: 14th Sept 2024 (Saturday)
Time: 14:00-17:00 Venue: Lecture theatre, Block A, G/F, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Lectures
Format: Physical meeting
Lectures:

Pre-hospital Stroke Notification & Inter-hospital networking (Ms Maggie Lau, PWH)
Local Experience of Cluster based 24/7 IA Thrombectomy (Ms Karin Chow, TMH)
The Development of Smart Stroke Communication System – Local experience (Ms Vivian Kwok, QEH)

Chairperson & moderator:

Mr Mick Yu, UCH

For programme details, please refer to the attached poster.
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Asia Pacific Stroke Conference 2024
2024-09-25 - 2024-09-28 | Adelaide, Australia
Date: 25-28 September 2024

Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Format: Full physical meeting

For registration information and further details, please visit https://www.apsc2024.org/

World Stroke Day 2024
2024-10-12 - 2024-11-30 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Stroke Society commemorated World Stroke Day 2024 with a series of events in October and November of 2024.
Part 1 – 風show快活人
On 12 October 2024, the first World Stroke Day 2024 event was held at Shatin Town Hall in collaboration with the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation. Dr. Quentin Li and Ms Karin Chow delivered public health talks to the audience, and a physical trainer demonstrated exercises for participants. Stroke survivors shared their recovery journeys, and there were musical and singing performances by patient self-help groups.

Part 2 – Part Tram Tour
On 27 October 2024, the second World Stroke Day 2024 event was held in the form of a part tram tour. The event began with the HKMSS Prize presentation ceremony for Medical Students and Stroke Nurses at Whitty Street Tram Depot. Then 2-hour tour then began, starting from Whitty Street in the Western District, passed through Sheung Wan, Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, and finally back to Whitty Street. Council members, sponsors, medical students and stroke nurses enthusiastrically shouted slogans while displaying props, banners, and handing out souvenirs to the public.

Part 3 – “Strike Out Stroke” Student Ambassador Scheme
The third and last World Stroke Day 2024 event was held in partnership with Tramplus. On 30 November 2024, the HKMSS selected a group of secondary school students to participant in a student ambassador scheme, which included a training course on stroke awareness, and the use of the latest AI technology and tools to create mascots and promotional videos to promote stroke awareness to the public. Students who completed the course were awarded the AI Course Certificate and became Stroke Ambassadors to help spread awareness within their communities.

16th World Stroke Congress 2024
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-26 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The 16th World Stroke Congress will be held in Abu Dhabi this year. You are warmly invited to join!

Date: 23-26 October 2024

Venue: ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre), Abu Dhabi, UAE

For further details, please visit https://worldstrokecongress.org/

HKSS Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 (conjoint with HKNS)
2024-11-09 - 2024-11-10 | Grand Ballroom, G/F, JW Marriott, Admiralty, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Stroke Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 will be held in conjuncture with the Hong Kong Neurological Society on 9-10 November 2024.

The Stroke Symposium will be held on Day 1, where our overseas speaker Prof. Natan Bornstein will speak on ‘Advances to improve outcome after recanalization therapy with cerebroprotective agents’. Prof. Bornstein will also give a pre-Conference workshop on neurosonology on 8 November 2024.

Please refer to the flyer below for details.

International Conference Stroke Update (ICSU) 2024
2024-11-28 - 2024-11-30 | Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Date: 28-30 November 2024

Venue: Seoul Dragon City, Seoul, Korea

For further details, please visit https://strokeupdate-kss.org/

2024 AGM
2024-12-04

APSO 14th Webinar - Update of Mechanical Thrombectomy 2025
2025-02-12 18:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | online
APSO 14th Webinar

Theme: Update of Mechanical Thrombectomy 2025

Date: 12 February 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm (GMT+8)

Moderators:

Prof Sun Uck Kwon (Treasurer, APSO)
Dr Richard Li (HKSS, Councillor of APSO)

Speakers:

Welcome Message – Dr NV Ramani, President of APSO
Time window extension – Dr Kentaro Suzuki (Japan)
Vertebro-basilar endovascular therapy – Dr Huong Bich Thi Nyugen (Vietnam)
Targeting MeVO – Dr Takeshi Yoshimoto (Japan)

Format: Virtual Meeting

Click here for the registration

For further information, please contact the Secretariat at apsosec@gmail.com, or visit the Asia Pacific Society Organization website at https://www.theapso.com

HKSS Dinner Symposium - Monitoring the integrity of the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) after acute ischemic stroke and the possibilities for its stabilization using cytoprotective agents
2025-03-03 18:30 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Tang Room I, 3/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, TST
Theme: Monitoring the integrity of the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) after acute ischemic stroke and the possibilities for its stabilization using cytoprotective agents

Date: 3 March 2025 (Monday)

Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Prof Gary Kui Kai Lau (Director of HKU Stroke, School of Clinical Medicine, HKU)

Speaker:

Prof Slawomir Michalak

Format: Physical Meeting

For further information, please contact Ms Wally Sou at event@mint5.co

2025 1st Quarterly Scientific Meeting
2025-04-26 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Lecture Room, G/F, Block M, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Theme: Innovations and Recent Progress in Cognitive Impairment and Stroke Rehabilitation
Date: 26th Apr 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 14:00-17:00
Venue: Lecture Room, G/F, Block M, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Lectures

Update on the management of post-stroke cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease (Dr Jonathan Chu, Private)
Post Stroke Dysphagia and Management (Dr Ivy Cheng, HKU)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Post-Stroke Upper Limb Motor Recovery (Ms Sharon Lam, UCH)
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation & Rehabilitation Training for Post-Stroke Patients with fatigue (Dr Lily Ho, PolyU)

Chairperson & moderator

Dr. Siu-hung Li, NDH
Dr. Samuel Lam, PYNEH

Format: Physical meeting
For programme details, please refer to the attached poster.

HKSS Roundtable Invitation - Managing Atrial Fibrillation: Real World Experience of NOACs
2025-05-06 19:00 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, TST
Theme: Managing Atrial Fibrillation: Real World Experience of NOACs

Date: 6 May 2025 (Tuesday)

Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Dr Quentin Siu-hung Li (President of Hong Kong Stroke Society)

Speaker:

Prof Lawrence Ka Sing Wong

Format: Physical Meeting

Webinar: Reducing Stroke Risk – the Role of Cholesterol Reduction
2025-05-07 19:30 - 2025-05-08 20:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Webinar (online)
ASPIRE Webinars
Theme: Reducing Stroke Risk – the Role of Cholesterol Reduction
Date: Public Sector: 7 May 2025 (Wednesday) ; Private Sector: 8 May 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm (GMT+8)
Format: Virtual Meeting
Moderators:

Prof Gary Lau (7 May 2025)
Dr Joyce Lo (8 May 2025)

Speakers:

Prof Stephen Davis (University of Melbourne)
Dr Mona Tse (7 May 2025)
Prof Lawrence Wong (8 May 2025)

Registration:

For HA specialists: click here
For private specialists: click here

APSO 15th Webinar - Trends in Thrombolytic Agents in Asia-Pacific
2025-06-04 18:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | online
APSO 15th Webinar

Theme: Trends in Thrombolytic Agents in Asia-Pacific

Date: 4 June 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm (GMT+8)

Moderators:

Prof Byung-Woo Yoon (Immediate Past President, APSO)
Dr Gamini Pathirana (President of National Stroke Association of Sri Lanka, Councillor of APSO)

Speakers:

Welcome Message – Dr NV Ramani, President of APSO
The New Kids in the leading role – Prof Mark Parsons (Australia)
Selection of thrombolytic agents – Prof Yunyun Xiong (China)

Format: Virtual Meeting

Click here for the registration

For further information, please contact the Secretariat at apsosec@gmail.com, or visit the Asia Pacific Society Organization website at https://www.theapso.com

APSO 16th Webinar - CADASIL in Asia
2025-08-06 18:30 - 19:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | online
APSO 16th Webinar

Theme: CADASIL in Asia

Date: 6 August 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm (GMT+8)

Moderators:

Prof Sun Uck Kwon (Treasurer, APSO)
Prof Terry Hirano (CME Chair, APSO)

Speakers:

Welcome Message – Dr NV Ramani, President of APSO
Asian cohort of CADASIL – Prof Jay-Chol Choi (Korea)
Variant Matters: How NOTCH3 p.R75P Challenges the CADASIL Paradigm – Prof Masafumi Ihara (Japan)
Cognitive Impairment in CADASIL – Prof Sung-Chun Tang (Taiwan)

Format: Virtual Meeting

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For further information, please contact the Secretariat at apsosec@gmail.com, or visit the Asia Pacific Society Organization website at https://www.theapso.com

Asia Pacific Stroke Conference 2025
2025-09-13 - 2025-09-15 | Kobe, Japan
Date: 23-25 September 2025

Venue: Kobe Campus, Hyogo Medical University, Japan

Format: Full physical meeting

For registration information and further details, please visit https://apsc2025.umin.jp/index.html

2025 2nd Quarterly Scientific Meeting
2025-09-20 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Lecture Room, G/F, Block M, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Theme: From Hospital to Home: Enhancing Transitional Care for Stroke Survivors
Date: 20th Sep 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 14:00-17:00 Venue: Lecture Room, G/F, Block M, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Format: Physical meeting
Lectures

Social Entrepreneurship in Stroke Care (Prof Suzanne Lo, CUHK)
Sedentary Lifestyle Related to Stroke (Prof HY Cheng, CUHK)
Regain Intimacy After Stroke (Danny Poon, QEH)

For programme details, please refer to the attached poster.

HKSS Dinner Symposium - Recent Updates on Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Where Are We Now?
2025-10-01 19:00 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | 29/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathan Road, TST, Hong Kong
Theme: Recent Updates on Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Where Are We Now?
Date: 1 Oct 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00pm – 09:50pm (GMT+8)
Format: Physical Meeting

World Congress of Neurology 2025
2025-10-12 - 2025-10-15 | COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Korea, Republic of
Date: 12-15 October 2025

Venue: COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea

For further details, please visit https://wcn-neurology.com/

17th World Stroke Congress (2025)
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-24 | CCIB – Barcelona International Convention Centre, Spain
Date: 22-24 October 2025

Venue: CCIB – Barcelona International Convention Centre, Barcelona, Spain

For further details, please visit https://worldstrokecongress.org/

World Stroke Day 2025
2025-10-26 00:00 - 23:59 (Asia/Shanghai) | Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Stroke Society commemorated World Stroke Day 2025 with an encore of the successful 2024 Party Tram Tour, which took place on 26 October 2025. The event began again at Whitty Street Tram Depot in the Western District, passed through Sheung Wan, Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, and reached North Point this year, before turning back to circle around Happy Valley and finally back to Whitty Street. Council members, stroke nurses, and medical students spread the word of Stroke Awareness to the public via slogans and props and banners.

International Conference of Stroke Update (ICSU) and IntraCranial AtheroSclerosis (2025)
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-29 | Paradise Hotel Busan, Korea, Republic of
Date: 27-28 November 2025

Venue: Paradise Hotel Busan, Korea

For further details, please visit https://strokeupdate-kss.org/

HKSS Annual Scientific Meeting 2025
2025-12-06 09:00 - 16:45 (Asia/Shanghai) | Sung Room, 4/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotels & Towers, Tsim Sha Tsui., 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Stroke Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 will be held on 6 December 2025 at the Sung Room (4/F) of Sheraton Hong Kong Hotels & Towers, Tsim Sha Tsui.

Date: 6 December 2025 (Sat) Time: 9am – 4:45pm
Venue: Sung Room, 4/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Format: Physical Meeting

Online Registration: https://forms.gle/zTAeSnJFEBPvU3pB8
Registration Fee:

HKSS member – Free of Charge
Non-member – $100

Please see the flyer below for details.:

2025 AGM
2025-12-09 00:00 - 23:59 (Asia/Hong_Kong)
